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Table 3 Among-population variation in direct response after 2000 generations.

From: Experimental evolution with E. coli in diverse resource environments. I. Fluctuating environments promote divergence of replicate populations

Group

Mean fitness

F

P*

glu&mal set

   

   glu

1.210

1.031

0.411

   mal

1.269

1.459

0.235

   glu/mal

1.218

15.347

<0.001 †

   glu+mal

1.246

1.913

0.110

glu&lac set

   

   glu‡

1.210

1.031

0.411

   lac

1.423

2.669

0.035

   glu/lac

1.294

17.64

<0.001

   glu+lac

1.303

1.646

0.167

  1. *Significance of population effect determined by one-way ANOVA.
  2. †Values that remain significant (P < 0.05) following sequential Bonferroni correction for the four tests performed within each resource set are shown in bold.
  3. ‡The glu group is repeated for clarity.
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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